Medical Xpress April 4, 2025
A study comparing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven clinical recommendations to physician decision-making for common acute complaints in a virtual primary care setting found that AI support has the potential to improve quality of care when implemented responsibly.
In the study, AI recommendations were largely rated as superior to physicians by expert adjudicators. Trained on a massive amount of high-quality, real-world clinical data, which is far beyond what any physician would see in their lifetime, AI uses modeling to calculate real probabilities for diagnosis and referrals and then derives treatment plans from these probabilities based on the latest medical guidelines and protocols.
Combined with human physician discernment, this approach could improve patient care and outcomes.
The findings, presented at the breaking news...